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Tasmannia membranea
Tasmannia membranea, commonly known as pepper tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Winteraceae, and is endemic to north-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub or tree with lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves, male and female flowers on separate plants, with two petals on each flower. The male flowers have 30 to 62 stamens, and the female flowers have a single carpel with 14 to 36 ovules, and the fruit is black.
Tasmannia membranea grows in the understorey of rainforest at altitudes between 300 and 1,550 m (980 and 5,090 ft) from near Rossville to Paluma in north-eastern Queensland.
Drimys andina · Drimys angustifolia · Drimys brasiliensis · Drimys confertifolia · Drimys granadensis · Drimys roraimensis · Winter's bark · Drimys · Tasmannia glaucifolia · Tasmannia insipida · Mountain pepper · Tasmannia piperita
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tasmannia membranea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
